Terra Nova (blog)

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Terra Nova is a blog dedicated to the discussion of social implications what are variously know as virtual worlds or synthetic worlds. The blog was founded in 2004 by Edward Castronova, Julian Dibbell, Dan Hunter & Greg Lastowka.

The Blog’s primary focuses are the economic and legal implications of virtual worlds, though subject matter has widened to cover philosophy, learning, sociology and computer game design. There is some cross over with electronic mailing lists such as MUD-DEV.

Current blog authors are:

Richard Bartle - co-creator of MUD
Betsy Book - writer on social worlds, advertising, creator of Virtual Words Review [1]
Timothy Burke - historian, professor at Swarthmore College
Nate Combs]]
Cory Ondrejka – co-creator of Second Life [2]
Jessica Mulligan - Long time game industry professional
Ren Reynolds – philosopher, writer on computer game ethics, cheating, virtual property and identity
Constance Steinkuehler]]
T.L.Taylor
Dmitri Williams
Nick Yee – psychologist who created and maintains The Daedalus Project [3]